just 55 miles in 9 runs - cramp in quads, feet, and chest still stopping me. This run of low milage weeks in an already inconsistant season means I believe I cannot now run a good 100km this year. So, I have decided to bow out of competition and pass into retirement with a fizzle. I might try again if my Lyme symptoms disappear, but being now two years post-treatment, they are most likely to remain.
In the end, I have not achieved anything of note over the 100km, but I certainly could have. More important than anything else, I put heart, body, and soul into giving it 100% and so retire contented.
This blog is about training for running the 100km. When I began, the hardest thing was finding training I could have faith in. I found it, but then illness intervened - can I make it work again 4 years later at age 42???
Sunday, 25 May 2014
Monday, 19 May 2014
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
week ending 11/04/14
Just 15 miles this week in 3 runs. The knee cap appears to be OK again so I will try a week of steady running and plan where to go from here. The edinburgh marathon is certainly now off though, falling less than 2 weeks away.
Cramps and fatigue have been pretty bad again for all of the last 10 days, and I've needed lots of sleep despite not training - the third period like this in the past 9 months - hopefully its just another virus triggering the Lyme symptoms again but it is worrying.
Cramps and fatigue have been pretty bad again for all of the last 10 days, and I've needed lots of sleep despite not training - the third period like this in the past 9 months - hopefully its just another virus triggering the Lyme symptoms again but it is worrying.
Sunday, 4 May 2014
week ending 04/05/14
Just 5 miles this week, a mid week test for the kneecap - was painful the next day. Cycled to work 3 days, but cycling doesn't stop the fitness draining away in my experience. Have also been feeling fatigued and headachey this week, hopefully its just a virus and not Lyme symtoms returning again.
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